Women in Science
This woman is a key scientist behind the Covid-19 vaccine
Who is Kizzmekia Corbet?
This scientist is the only person who has won Nobel Prizes in two scientific fields.
I am believed to be the first Black woman to earn an engineering degree and join the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Who is Hattie T. Scott Peterson?
This statistician worked in the Crimean War (1854) and is considered the founder of modern nursing.
Who is Florence Nightingale?
I am a character and brother of Shuri who engineers and leads techology in Wakanda.
Who is Black Panther?
This movie was inspired by the life and work of Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson and Dorothy Vaughn
What is Hidden Figures?
The physicist Vera Rubin provided strong evidence for the presence of this substance that makes up most of the universe.
What is dark matter?
I am a former CIA technical intelligence officers and NASA astronaut who patented a system to enhance vehicle safety at Ford.
Who is Jeanette Epps?
I am known as the human computer for NASA whose trajectory calculations were critical in landing the first U.S. spaceflight.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
This documentary explores the resilence and stories of Black women in STEM
What is Who Said You Can't: African American Women in Science?
I am an American engineer, physican and former NASA astronaut; and the first African-American woman to travel into space.
Who is Mae Carol Jemison?
What is a pulsar?
Women in engineering often face bias and are more likely to have their judgement questioned and are frequently "onlies".
What are workplace barriers?
I am a Black mathematician whose pioneering work in the 50s & 60s developed the Global Positioning System (GPS).
Who is Dr. Gladys West?
I am the first African-American woman to receive a U.S. patent for folding a cabinet bed.
Who is Sarah E. Goode?
In 1864, I became the first black female trained physician.
Who is Rebecca Lee Crumpler?
Born in 1906, I am an inventor of computer programming, US Navy admiral and helped invent the first computer coding language COBOL.
Who is Grace Hopper?
Leads in total employment share of 24.6% as of 2023; focuses on process optimization
What is industrial and systems engineering?
I am a famous NASA computer rocket scienctist and mathematician and leading member of the team that developed Centaur rocket.
Who is Annie Easley?
I developed a line of specialized hair care products and became the first female self-made millionaire in America.
Who is Madam C. J. Walker?
My cells were the first ever immortalized and grown in a culture to reproduce for medical research known as HeLa.
Who is Henrietta Lacks?
I am a groundbreaking Black scientist, engineer and techology specialist who leads innovation in Wakanda.
Who is Shuri?
Focuses on sustainablility, water systems, and infrastructure design.
What is environmental and civil engineering?
I am the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D in mathematics graduating from the Catholic University of America.
Who is Dr. Euphemia Lofton Haynes?
I patented and improved, durable hairbrush with synthetic bristles.
Who is Lyda D. Newman?
I am the first black woman aviator.
Who is Bessie Coleman?
I am the founder of Black Girls CODE provding training to increase the representation of girls of color in STEM.
Who is Kimberly Bryant?
Saw a 62.8% increase in women professionals between 2019 & 2022.
What is chemical engineering?
I am the first Black woman to receive a doctorate from the Center for Mathematics Education in 1970 and co-founder of the Benjamin Banneker Association.
Who is Dr. Genevieve Knight?
I invented the first home security system with television surveillance.
Who is Marie Van Brittan Brown?
I was a civil war nurse who founded the Red Cross.
Who is Clara Barton?
I started my career as a filmaker; and became an actress and started the YouTube series The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl and produced the hit HBO show Insecure.
Who is Issa Rae
I am the first Black female engineer at NASA and worked on the Space Race and later had headquarters renamed after me.
Who is Mary Jackson?
I am known for my work in applied mathematics and mathematical biology. My work has involved biomathematics, patterens in genetic variation and chaos theory.
Who is Fern Hunt?
I am a roboticist and founder of zyrobotics, specializing in AI and educational technology.
Who is Dr. Ayanna Howard?